Garment pocket



Oct. 18, 1932.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 10, 1931 INVENTOR Oct. 18, 1932. J. P. BACCARO GARMENT POCKET Filed June 10, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 18, 1932 V UNITED STATES PAT ENT-foFFlcEf JOHN P. BACGARO, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, AssIeNoR 0F. ONE-HALF-TO nosAEIo CAMUGLIA, or ROCHESTER, nnw yomz GARMENT roc zEr Applicationfiled .Tune 10,

My present invention relates to garments and the tailoring thereof and 'more particularly I to the making of patch pockets for mens and womens apparel, and it has for its object to provide an improved patch pocket which will be as sightly as the ordinary patch pocket, but which will be much stronger and will hold its shape much better.

To these and other ends, the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a fragment of a garment having a patch pocket applied thereto constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my invention, the lower portion of the outer wall being broken awa r 2 is a similar view showingthe relative arrangement of the inner elements of the pocket in dotted lines;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the pocket with the flap raised and illustrating one method of stitching the same; I

Fig. 4 is a front view of the pocket illustrating another method of stitching;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse section with one edge of the patch free or as it would appear before stitching;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line 66 of Fig. 4 on a larger scale;

Fig. 7 is a similar fragmentary sectlon on the line 7--7 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 8 is a further enlarged fragmentary section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 4, and

Fig. 9 is a similar section taken on the line 9 9 of Fig. 3.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

In the usual construction of patch pockets, as the name implies, the patch of the same material is simply stitched at its edges against the face of the garment to produce a pocket jointly therewith. Such sultlngs and overcoat materials stretch easily with the result that the pocket ultimately assumes a permanent bulge, particularly if large or 1931.. seriaino. 543,410;

heavy obj cots are carried therein. With my invention, I prevent this by entirely taking the strain oil of the patch, transferring it to non-stretchable interior elements associated therewith.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the body of the garment and 2 the patch. The latter has a lining 3 of non-stretchable material which is stitched to its inturned upper edge at 4. Opposite to and beneath this lining piece 3 is placed an. other lining piece 5,the upper edge of which may be joined at 6 to the usual satin facing 7 for the flap. 8 when a flap is used. In constructing the pocket, liningpiece 5'is laid upon the garment and lining piece 3, which is a little smaller and which has already been sewed to patch 2 at. 4;, is superposed thereon togetherwith the patch. These three parts are then basted in position, as indicated at 9, the edge of the patch is raised at the basting,'as shown in Fig. 5, and the two lining elements are machine sewed at 10 to each other and through the body element 1. The patch 2 which is, of course, larger than and overlaps the lining I elements is then stitched at its edges directly to the body 1, either by a straight machine stitch, shown atllin' Figs. 3 and 9, or by felling, as indicated at 12 in Figs. 4 and 8. It will thus be seen that the entire weight and strain of articles placed in the pocket are taken by the lining elements and there is no strain on the patch itself. To keep the patch from stretching at its edges from any cause, I prefer to stitch a tape 13 to its under edge. While its lateral edges may come so close to the lining seam 10 as to barely cover it, I prefer to run the bottom edge. quite a distance beyond the lower edges of the liners. By doing so, the stitched lower edge of the patch is carried farther away from the bottom of the actual pocket, so that no strain can be imposed thereon and objects resting against the bottom of the pocket as formed by the pieces 3 and 5 N do not cause so perceptible a bulge in the patch.

The flap 8 carrying the facing 7 which is attached to the lining 5 at 6 as before described, is, of course, sewed in place at the time the stitching 10 is done as far as the facing 7 is concerned and then felled or stitched to the body 1 at the time the patch is sewed in place.

In Fig. 7 I have illustrated an inner change pocket that can be worked into this same construction. It is indicated at 14 and its back wall is sewed to the facing 7 at 15 instead .of

the-lining 5. being attached at this point. Itsfront wall is doubled over the upper edge of the lining 5 and sewed thereto at 16.

If desired, my improved pocket may be made with a single lining instead of a double lining and still provide the advantages 1? have set forth with respect to relieving the wool 'or other stretchable patch from strains. In such case, lining 3 is retained and sewed to the'bo'dy 1 as before so-that the pocket walls comprise this non-stretchable piece reenforcing the patch as the outer wall and the body 1 of the garment as the inner wall.

I claim as my invention:

1. av patch pocket, the combination with a garment body, of a pair of linings stitched together and to the body on the outer sid'e thereof in superposedrelationship to form a pocket, and a patch overlying the linings and stitchedto the body independently thereof at the sides andbottom and to the upper edge of the outer liningat its top.

2'; In a patch pocket, thecombination with a garment body, of a pair of linings stitched thereto in superposed relationship to form a p'ocket ancl a patch overlying the linings and stitched directly to the body independently thereof. at the sides and bottom andto theupper edge of't'he outer lining. at its-top, the stitching "ofthe patch at its bottombeing reinoved' a substantial distance from the lining stitchingso that theweight of articles sustained by t'he'linings is not communicated to the patch. 7

JOHN P; BAGCARO. 

